Inhaltsangabe

It's been a year of upheaval since Bren Cameron's return from space - a year since he and the aiji-dowager, one of his most powerful atevi allies, returned home from their two-year interstellar mission to find the government overthrown and their world in chaos. Now, at last, things on the atevi world seem to be on the right track, and Bren hopes that life may soon become much more tranquil. But something is coming, quietly, stealthily - just the first ominous twinkle of a new star in the heavens....

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Foreigner

Foreigner Sequence 1, Book 1

Autor:
C. J. Cherryh

Sprecher:
Daniel Thomas May

Spieldauer: 15 Std. und 14 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
8

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
8

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
8

The first book in C.J.Cherryh's eponymous series, Foreigner begins an epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft who crash-land on a planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient alien race. From its beginnings as a human-alien story of first contact, the Foreigner series has become a true science fiction odyssey, following a civilization from the age of steam through early space flight to confrontations with other alien species in distant sectors of space. It is the masterwork of a truly remarkable author.

Falling Free

Autor:
Lois McMaster Bujold

Sprecher:
Grover Gardner

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 43 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
12

Sprecher

4 out of 5 stars
8

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
8

Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?

The Three-Body Problem

Autor:
Cixin Liu

Sprecher:
Bruno Roubicek

Spieldauer: 14 Std. und 37 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
285

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
261

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
261

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilisation on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them or to fight against the invasion.

5 out of 5 stars

Deep Science and Machiavellian Politics in China

Von
BikerJoe
Am hilfreichsten
20.04.2017

Downbelow Station

Autor:
C. J. Cherryh

Sprecher:
Brian Troxell

Spieldauer: 19 Std. und 12 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
2

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
1

Pell's Station, orbiting the alien world simply called Downbelow, had always managed to remain neutral in the ever escalating conflict between The Company, whose fleets from Earth had colonized space, and its increasingly independent and rebellious colony worlds. But Pell's location - - on the outer edge of Earth's defensive perimeter - makes her the focal point in the titanic battle of colony worlds fighting for independence.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Autor:
Alan Bradley

Sprecher:
Jayne Entwistle

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 53 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
85

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
48

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
45

It is the summer of 1950 and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw.

5 out of 5 stars

Unbedingt durchhalten!

Von
J. Spars
Am hilfreichsten
14.02.2011

The Long Earth

Autor:
Terry Pratchett,
Stephen Baxter

Sprecher:
Michael Fenton Stevens

Spieldauer: 11 Std. und 30 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
118

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
98

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
99

The Western Front, 1916. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where have the mud, blood, and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone? Madison, Wisconsin, 2015. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive - some said mad, others dangerous - scientist when she finds a curious gadget: a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a potato. It is the prototype of a life-changing invention....

5 out of 5 stars

Großes Kino!

Von
Constanze
Am hilfreichsten
24.09.2012

Foreigner

Foreigner Sequence 1, Book 1

Autor:
C. J. Cherryh

Sprecher:
Daniel Thomas May

Spieldauer: 15 Std. und 14 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
8

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
8

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
8

The first book in C.J.Cherryh's eponymous series, Foreigner begins an epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft who crash-land on a planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient alien race. From its beginnings as a human-alien story of first contact, the Foreigner series has become a true science fiction odyssey, following a civilization from the age of steam through early space flight to confrontations with other alien species in distant sectors of space. It is the masterwork of a truly remarkable author.

Falling Free

Autor:
Lois McMaster Bujold

Sprecher:
Grover Gardner

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 43 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
12

Sprecher

4 out of 5 stars
8

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
8

Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?

The Three-Body Problem

Autor:
Cixin Liu

Sprecher:
Bruno Roubicek

Spieldauer: 14 Std. und 37 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
285

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
261

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
261

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilisation on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them or to fight against the invasion.

5 out of 5 stars

Deep Science and Machiavellian Politics in China

Von
BikerJoe
Am hilfreichsten
20.04.2017

Downbelow Station

Autor:
C. J. Cherryh

Sprecher:
Brian Troxell

Spieldauer: 19 Std. und 12 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
2

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
1

Pell's Station, orbiting the alien world simply called Downbelow, had always managed to remain neutral in the ever escalating conflict between The Company, whose fleets from Earth had colonized space, and its increasingly independent and rebellious colony worlds. But Pell's location - - on the outer edge of Earth's defensive perimeter - makes her the focal point in the titanic battle of colony worlds fighting for independence.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Autor:
Alan Bradley

Sprecher:
Jayne Entwistle

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 53 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
85

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
48

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
45

It is the summer of 1950 and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw.

5 out of 5 stars

Unbedingt durchhalten!

Von
J. Spars
Am hilfreichsten
14.02.2011

The Long Earth

Autor:
Terry Pratchett,
Stephen Baxter

Sprecher:
Michael Fenton Stevens

Spieldauer: 11 Std. und 30 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
118

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
98

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
99

The Western Front, 1916. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where have the mud, blood, and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone? Madison, Wisconsin, 2015. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive - some said mad, others dangerous - scientist when she finds a curious gadget: a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a potato. It is the prototype of a life-changing invention....

5 out of 5 stars

Großes Kino!

Von
Constanze
Am hilfreichsten
24.09.2012

The Heart of What Was Lost

A Novel of Osten Ard

Autor:
Tad Williams

Sprecher:
Andrew Wincott

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 48 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
29

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
28

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
28

The world was nearly destroyed, but now knows hope again. At the end of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Ineluki the Storm King, an undead spirit of horrifying, demonic power, came within moments of stopping Time itself and obliterating humankind. He was defeated by a coalition of mortal men and women joined by his own deathless descendants, the Sithi. In the wake of the Storm King's fall, Ineluki's loyal minions, the Norns, retreat north to Nakkiga, an ancient citadel which holds a priceless artefact....

The Abyss Beyond Dreams

Autor:
Peter F. Hamilton

Sprecher:
John Lee

Spieldauer: 22 Std. und 27 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
96

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
91

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
91

When images of a lost civilization are 'dreamed' by a self-proclaimed prophet of the age, Nigel Sheldon, inventor of wormhole technology and creator of the Commonwealth society, is asked to investigate. Especially as the dreams seem to be coming from the Void - a mysterious area of living space monitored and controlled because of its hugely destructive capabilities.

5 out of 5 stars

can't wait for the next one

Von
Björn
Am hilfreichsten
26.05.2016

Columbus Day

Expeditionary Force, Book 1

Autor:
Craig Alanson

Sprecher:
R.C. Bray

Spieldauer: 16 Std. und 23 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
264

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
260

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
259

The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the Native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon came ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There went the good old days, when humans got killed only by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.

3 out of 5 stars

nice weird AI, too much army style

Von
echee
Am hilfreichsten
11.07.2017

An Ancient Peace

Peacekeeper, Book 1

Autor:
Tanya Huff

Sprecher:
Marguerite Gavin

Spieldauer: 11 Std. und 52 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
1

Someone is searching for the lost weapons of the H'san: powerful enough to destroy entire planets. Though the H'san gave up fighting long ago, the reappearance of their lost weapons would no doubt lead to a devastating war. It's up to Torin Kerr and her team to fix this problem before it explodes. But the more Torin learns about the relationship between the Elder and Younger races, the more she fears war might be unavoidable.

Cyteen

Autor:
C. J. Cherryh

Sprecher:
Gabra Zackman,
Jonathan Davis

Spieldauer: 36 Std. und 52 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
10

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

The saga of two young friends trapped in an endless nightmare of suspicion and surveillance, of cyber-programmed servants and a ruling class with century-long lives – and the enigmatic woman who dominates them all.

Libriomancer

Magic ex Libris, Book 1

Autor:
Jim C. Hines

Sprecher:
David DeVries

Spieldauer: 10 Std. und 33 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

3.5 out of 5 stars
7

Sprecher

3.5 out of 5 stars
6

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
6

Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach into books and draw forth objects. When Isaac is attacked by vampires that leaked from the pages of books into our world, he barely manages to escape. To his horror he discovers that vampires have been attacking other magic-users as well, and Gutenberg has been kidnapped.